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Sample of authors
Whitaker, Chris
English author and former stock-broker, born and grew up in London. Nowadays he lives in Hertfordshire with his wife and three children, and works part-time as a librarian. As an author he is greatly influenced by his background. His parents had divorced, he was never interested in school, starting doing various jobs when he was still a teenager, and he earned money handing out advertising...
Literary figures
Maria Kallio
Gender: Female
She was only 23 when she got her first job with the police, but she has worked her way up to a senior post in the criminal investigation department in the Finnish town of Esbo. She has also grown older in Leena Lehtolainen’s books about her, got married to Antti Johannes Sarkela and had children. With her red hair and in good physical condition, Mario Kallio is a tough (and if necessary even h...